"Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time."
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"Woman is mistress of the art of completely imbittering the life of the person on whom she depends."
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"Mannerism is always longing to have done, and has no true enjoyment in work. A genuine, really great talent, on the other hand, has its greatest happiness in execution."
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"Method will teach you to win time."
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"Judge a man's character by what he finds ridiculous."
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"What is not fully understood is not possessed."
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"On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long."
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"For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is."
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"Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle."
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"We should treat children as God does us, who makes us happiest when He leaves us under the influence of innocent delusions."
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"In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for."
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"What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely."
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"What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won."
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"The deed is everything, the glory is naught."
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"Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope."
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"The finished man, you know, is difficult to please; a growing mind will ever show you gratitude. --Faust 1, lines 182-3"
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"Habit is a man's sole comfort. We dislike doing without even unpleasant things to which we have become accustomed."
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"Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose!"
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"You can put up with everything in this world except not with a long stretch of beautiful days."
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"The wealth that cannot be administered is a burden."
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